Hal was the first carrier of the gene that we know about, so why the hell would Charles have it? Yes, he’s Betty’s half-brother, but his father is supposed to be FP Jones.įrankly, I call bullshit on the whole thing. Gein's crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, gathered widespread notoriety in 1957 after.
#Serial killer gene serial
Not saying I’d advise my own child to kill a dying cat with a rock, but that’s more Hal’s fault than Betty’s.įinally, if Riverdale is relying on the fact that the serial killer gene is genetic, then they have to get genetics right. Edward Theodore Gein ( / in / Aug1 July 26, 1984), also known as the Butcher of Plainfield or the Plainfield Ghoul, was an American murderer and body snatcher. Even if it wasn’t her father who told her to kill her pet, the cat had been hit by a car and was in severe pain. In fact, I’d argue that the death of her cat Caramel was a direct result of her ability to empathize. In the 90s, there was research done on the deceased bodies of serial killers to see if there was something in their DNA that made them more likely to kill. Betty Cooper's (played by Lili Reinhart) sister, Polly Cooper (played by Tiera Skovbye), explains that Betty was told at a young age that she possesses something called 'the serial killer gene' or. Meanwhile, Betty is incredibly in touch with her feelings and the feelings of those around her. Umm…I don’t have to study serial killers and psychopaths to know that the one thing most of them lack is empathy. Okay, so what else is wrong with this whole thing? According to a study out of the University of South Florida, the same low-levels of MAOA that cause violence in men actually boost happiness in women! Oops. The “warrior gene” is kind of a guy thing. Let’s start with something more scientific before launching into the part that drives me absolutely mental. Alzheimer’s disease runs in my family, that doesn’t mean I can spot it in others, but okay.Ĭolin Bentley So why can’t it be a thing with Betty? Betty, for some reason, guesses all of them correctly because…she just does.
He shows the class groups of mugshots and asks them to guess which is the serial killer with absolutely zero other information. The entire lecture sounds like he’s seen one episode of Criminal Minds and Mindhunter, each. For class numero uno, Charles decides to go big and jump right into serial killers. training camp for seniors we’ve never seen before, which, of course, is led by none other than her half brother, Charles. But alas, all of Betty’s storyline for tonight’s episode revolved around the mysterious MAOA and CDH13 genes.įirst, Betty convinces her best-friend-again Kevin to join her in F.B.I. Oh Riverdale, how I’d hoped you’d leave the “reveal” by Alice Cooper that Betty has the “serial killer gene” back in season three’s crazy farm where it belonged.
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